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Book #4 Wright-Petrov Series At the age of twenty-two, Skye Monticello lives her life in reckless exploration, even at the cost of her innocence during a one-night stand. However, upon discovering the identity of her mysterious fling and refusing to relinquish her freedom, she decides to flee and make a fresh start. Fate, however, has other plans, as she finds herself pregnant. Despite her predicament, she courageously chooses to raise her child alone and has been successful, almost. After years in hiding, she comes face to face with the man who fathered her child and claimed her first. As she navigates this challenging encounter and grapples with the uncanny resemblance her child bears to his father, she stubbornly struggles to evade the man who seems to be an indomitable presence in her life. Moreover, with him being the most influential man in the country, escape seems even more implausible. Xander Voulker Wright, the third heir of the Wright and Petrov family, adds another layer of complexity to Skye's peace of mind.

Owen was born a rogue. He has lived on neutral territory all his life; over the years, he has made friends with the neighboring packs. Eventually, he opens a night club where several members of different wolf packs, humans, and other supernatural beings work for him. One day an innocent girl comes in with the need for a job. He realizes this is his mate. Will her troubled passed and lack of experience in his world makes him reject her?Melony is a struggling graduate-level student. The death of her in sister a year ago has caused a slump in her life. With her mother continually needing money, bills, and school tuition, she finds a need to take a second job. Her roommate works at a fetish night club and offers to help her get a job. She applies to clean the club, but when she comes in for an interview, the owner has something else in mind. Will she open herself up to his world, or will it be too much for her to handle?

JADEN BAKER is stoked about college, new friends, and a second chance to erase the memory of high school. But moving on comes with a price. Her dad has made arrangements for her to move into her brother's apartment. But there's a glitch in her dad's plans. There are also two roommates living in the apartment. Suddenly, living in an off campus apartment with three college-aged boys seems like a bad idea -- but not to Jaden. CADE JENKINS grew up on the opposite side of the tracks from his best-friend and his privileged little sister. But things are looking up. He's met someone. Too bad she's his best-friend's fresh out of high-school, inexperienced little sister.

I was the illegitimate daughter of Alpha Kris of Dark Moon. He raped a human slave 18 years ago and that was my mom. I became a disgrace and a shame to my family. They punished me and locked me up in the basement all day except to let me out to complete my daily routine as a slave. Yes. I looked like any common slave of the pack house. No one would expect me as the Alphas's daughter. As a hybrid, I hadn't been able to shift, but I could hear their thoughts. It's not a good thing though, for me, it's a nightmare. Most of what I've heard were my half-sisters' curses and insults. "CLAUDIA! Hurry up and get in here!" I knew Elly was going to scream my name long before her shrill voice echoed out of her room and into the hallway where I waited. This was the daily ritual, every afternoon. She would call for me, and while she sat at her vanity table, I brushed her long hair like a servant to her satisfaction. No one would guess she was my half-sister, nor Maria in the other bedroom...

"Three rules: Don't talk to me, Don't touch me, Stay out of my business." Hearing that from her supposed husband on their wedding night, Sasha White or rather Sasha Brown had to question herself about the meaning of marriage. Being married to the handsome billionaire, Michael Brown, Sasha couldn't explain her joy course as fate will have it, she had been crushing on him since their school days but couldn't pursue him due to the fact that it was know the whole school, that he is gay. ------------------------ Contains two books in the series.

Madeleine is a wolfless girl, who is struggling to find her identity in a new pack and new surroundings when her own pack gets killed in a battle. The Black Forest pack treats her like a slave and there seems to be no way of walking out of that hellhole. Until, the alpha of the Blue Moon pack, Hayden, comes to her rescue. The two packs have been enemies for ages but what happens when they are forced to join hands against a common enemy? Would Hayden give in to his growing feelings for Madeleine or leave her to her fate? Would Madeleine learn to embrace herself and get over her trust issues?

(R18) - Warning: This book contains explicit sexual scenes. Rebecca Grey, an up and coming journalist lands one of her biggest stories yet. She is to cover the series of murder cases that is engulfing the Silverman Corp. There she meets the enigmatic CEO, William Silverman himself. He intrigues her to no end, seducing her body and soul. As as Rebecca gets pulled deeper and deeper into the life of the sensual billionaire, she realizes that he is hiding something from her. Something dark and dangerous. Even worse, the murderer seems to have gotten a whiff of her investigation and is set to stop her once and for all. Together with John Grant, her long-time friend, admirer and protector, they unravel the mystery surrounding the murders before it is too late.

“Loving him is like shaking hands with the devil. It will be exciting at the same time, scares you to death.” In her never-ending life, 23-year-old Ashley wanted nothing but a decent job to escape her poverty. But her life took a sudden twist and turns when she accidentally met Vincent Sergio, Capo of an infamous Mafia group. Ashley got dragged into his world and never thought it was going to haunt her in every way. He’s a dangerous man, and more importantly, he has special attention on her which she finds so frightening. Stuck in between her boring world and in his risky yet thrilling life, Ashley put in a compulsion to choose one, and he made sure that it has to be his world! Can Ashley evade his charisma? Or is she going to stop her mind that kept thinking about him?

Jonathan Silvercloud: I'm your everyday 22-year-old billionaire tech genius. What young, extremely intelligent billionaires aren't that common? Guess that's only in comics. Also, like in comics, the most intelligent man or werewolf in the room doesn't find love. Or so I thought till Persephone Fayte landed a summer internship with my company. Persephone Fayte: I just landed my dream job. Okay, so it's a summer internship. Please don't rain on my parade. My sister and her mate are finally letting me leave Sicily and Europe! America and Silvercloud Industries, here I come! I'm ready to show everyone at Silvercloud what I am made of. I thought I was prepared for anything. I was unprepared for Jonathan Silvercloud. Also Including Two Short Side Stories: Cult Of Love (Rohan Rock & Shikoba Thorn) & Spy Games (Cillian MacCarthy & Tomila Đurić) The Genius Delta is the fourth full-length book in the Bloodmoon Pack series. You can read this as a standalone or in series order. Bloodmoon Pack Series: Book 1 - Alpha Logan Book 2 - Betas Surprise Mate Book 3 - The Reluctant Alpha Bloodmoon Novella - The Hunted Hunter Book 4 - The Genius Delta Bloodmoon Spinoff Series The Incubi Pack Series: Book 1 - Alpha of Nightmares Book 2 - The Hybrid Alpha Book 3 - Dream Mate Book 4 - Beta's Innocent Mate

Barry Ocason, extreme sportsman and outdoor travel writer, receives a magazine in his mailbox and opens to an ad for an adventure in the Bavarian Alps. Initially dismissing the invitation, which seems to have been meant specifically for him, he soon finds himself involved in a larger plot and seeking answers to why an individual known only as the elephant man is terrorizing his family. Barry and his daughter Kristen, who survived a twin sister taken from the family at a young age, travel from Juneau, Alaska to the sinister Spider Festival in Rio Tago, Brazil, before he ultimately answers the call to Bavaria, where the puzzle begins to come together. Amid tribulation, death, madness, and institutionalization, a document emerges describing a scientist’s bloody bid to breed a theoretical “third twin,” which is believed to have the potential, through its connection with its siblings, to bridge the gulf between life and afterlife. The godlike creature that soon emerges turns out to be Barry’s own offspring, and she has dark plans for the world of her conception that neither her father nor any other mortal can stop. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing